Fishing line bobber



June 13, 1939. 1 w so I 2,162,659

FISHING LINE BOBBER Filed Feb. 16, 1938 V. v. :4 INVENTOR- ML a. ATTORNEY.

Patented June 13, 1939 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

My invention relates to floats or bobbers for fishing lines and in particular to a type of bobber which may be attached at any place on a line without disassembling the line, hook etc.

One object is to provide a device of simple construction, which is easy to mount or dismount and which will provide a positive locking means when a definite pull is made on the line.

Another object is to provide a device having no metal parts or attachments which might entangle the line.

These and other objects and advantages may be noted from the following specification and its accompanying illustrations in which:

Fig. 1 shows the bobber mounted on a line, the dot-dash lines indicating the floating position and the solid lines indicating the locked position which becomes automate upon a definite pull on the line.

Fig. 2 shows a view of the device similar to Fig. 1 but with the ball or cork shown in section.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the device.

Fig. 4. is a sectional view of the top or groove portion of the split locking device.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the bottom or tongue portion of the split locking device.

Fig. 6 is a greatly enlarged section on lines 6-6 of the split locking device shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan View of the tongue portion showing the method of locking.

Again referring to the illustrations, the bobber heat It is preferably made of a light weight material such as cork and has a bore ll therethrough. A tubular split locking stem or quill consists of the upper portion l2, which is longitudinally grooved at I3 through its entire length, and a bottom portion 14 having a tongue l5 disposed longitudinally through its entire length except at two points where the tongue is slotted at It and undercut at I! to form the locking device or notch.

Transverse apertures l8 and lBa through the split locking portion and adjacent the outer ends thereof, are formed by half-round grooves in the top and bottom portions of the split locking device registering with each other when assembled, said ap eYtures intersecting the locking mediums.

Grooves l9 and 20 are longitudinally disposed at each side of the base of the-tongue l5 of the bottom portion of the split locking device.

The split locking device may be shouldered at 2| and 22 as shown-in Fig. 2; in the top and bottom portions I 2 and M respectively, when assembled in such manner as to cause the tongue i5 and groove l3 and the apertures l8 and the locking mediums respectively, to register with each other, and may be secured together by thread 23 or the like within said shouldered portions or may be cemented tog-ether within the 5 limitations of the shouldered portions and mounted rigidly within the bore II in the bobber ball in.

In use the line 24 is inserted crosswise in the end of the split locking device, between the top portion l2 and the bottom portion [4, and drawn back until the said line enters the transverse aperture l8, the line is then drawn around the bobber ball l0 and inserted, crosswise in the opposed end of the split locking device in the same manner as hereinabove described, the line 24 being drawn back until it enters the transverse aperture 18a, whereupon the assembled bobber assumes, in water, the position indicated by dotdash lines in Fig. 1. 2

A pull on the line 24 causes the ends of the line 24 to snap into the locked position shown by the solid lines in Fig. 1, wherein the said line enters the undercut portions I! in the tongue l5 at each side of the bobber ball l0 and passing through the groove l9 or (depending upon which side of the bobber ball the line is secured over) exits through the opposed split ends of the tubular locking device or stem.

I claim:

1. A fishing line bobber comprising a float having a hole therethrough, and a stem fitting through the hole, the stem having internal longitudinal grooves and openings into said grooves beyond opposite ends of the float, through which openings and grooves the line extends when the bobber is mounted thereon.

Z. A fishing line bobber as in claim 1, the stem also having notches at the intersections of the grooves and openings, in which notches the line engages.

3. A fishing line bobber comprising a float having a bore therethrough, and a stem fitting through the bore, said stem embodying two parts with a tongue and groove joint therebetween, one part also having a longitudinal groove to receive the line, the stem also having openings at opposite sides of the float communicating with said longitudinal groove, and through which openings the line extends. 5

4. A fishing line bobber as in claim 3, the said tongue having line-engaging notches at the intersection of said longitudinal groove and openings.

LESTER, T. WILSON. 

